Wet-proof shoe.



J. A. KELLY.

WET PROOF SHOE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1906. RENEWED NOV. 11, 1909.

986,576. Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

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J. A. KELLY.

WET PROOF SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED 1101 .22, 1906. RENEWED 110v. 11, 1909.

986,576. Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

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JOHN A, KELLY, on NEW YORK,'1\T. Y.

WET-PROOF SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

Application filed November 22, 1 906, Serial No. 344,572. Renewed November ll, I909.v Serial No.- 527,571.

insole, as well as through the insole itself.

The shoe or boot belongs to that class wherein an insole is employed, such insole constituting a separate, element from the sole proper, or outer sole, and, further, the insole being lasted with, and united to, the upper before the shoe is completed by the attachment of the outer sole, with or without a Welt.

According to this invention, alayer of moisture-proof material is attached to the insole, preferably before the insole is united to the upper, a characteristic feature of the invention residing in a free or unattached edge portion of said moisture proof material. Subsequent to the operation of uniting the upper to the insole, by stitching the parts together, the unattached or free edge portion of the moisture-proof material is folded so as to inclose the edge of the upper and to incase the row of stitches wh1ch unite the upper and the insole. Should the welt be attached to-the upper and the insole at the time these-two latter parts are united,

.of the moisture-proof material.

the stitches uniting the three parts, e., upper, insole and welt, are covered-or 111-; based by folding the free or unattached edge According to one embodiment of'the invention, the moisture-proof material above referred to is attached to a smooth or unchanneled face of-the insole, and a portion of said moisture-proof material is folded over or around the edges of the insole so as to cover a channeled portion of said insole; 1

insole of a shoe or boot. These parts are. fconstructed in the usual or any preferred way, and they are united by stitching them 5 together the usualm'a'nner, the stitches, a Textending' through the upper, the welt and a f channeled portion 0 and the shouldered por-' Previous to the stitchbut one edge of said moisture-proof material is not united to the insole, thus leaving said edge of the moisture-proof material? free and unattached, wherebythefree or unat; tached edge of moisture-proof material is adapted to be folded, subsequent to the stitching of the upper to the insole, in a manner to inclose the edge of the upper and to cover the stitches.

According to the mode of procedure just through the insole.

described, in carrying out one embodiment of the invention, the-moistuieproof material is attached to one face of the insole, and is folded around an edge thereof, but this s not essential, the salient feature of the invention consisting of a layer of moistureproof material attached to an insole so as to leave'a free or unattached edge to said layer of moisture-proof material, which free or unattached edge is folded to cover the edge ofthe upper and to incase the stitches that. fasten the insole and the upper together.

When the layer of moisture-proof material isattached to the unchan-neled face of the insole and folded around the edge thereof, I preferably apply another layer of moisture-proof material over the channeled.

face of the insole, the edgeof the second layer being arranged to cover the folded edge, of the first mentioned layer and the 'row of stitches. Thereafter, the welt is folded in, and the outer sole attached in the usual manner, sothat the shoe or boot is completed: according to the usual process of manufacture. Y

In the accompanying drawings I have I shown certain embodiments of the invention, but the constructions shown therein are to be understood as illustrative only, and not "as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a view showing the upper and the insole applied to a last, and represents the procedure invented by mefor makin the shoe wet proof; Fig. 2 is a cross section through that portion of the shoe corresponding to the ball of the foot. 'Fig. 3'

is a perspective view of the insole, the latter being partly broken away, and one of the layers of moisture proof material being applied thereto; Fig. 4 is a detail cross section Fig. 5 shows the shoe.-

1 with the second layer of moisture proof mai t'eria'l applied thereto and Fig. .6 is a view of a modified form of shoe embodying the principles of this invention.

A designates an upper, B a welt, and'C the tion 0 of said insole. 7 ing operation, however, by which the insole 11c f isunited to the upper and the welt, the sole is subjected to such treatment as to make it water-proof, althou h morethoroughly, or e ectively waterproofing the insole may be completed after the union of the said insole to the upper and 5 the welt.

In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the insole is provided with a layer D of waterproof or moisture-proof material. This layer is cut to the required.

shape and size, and it is united in any approved way to the smooth or unchanneled surface, 0 of theinsole, said layer, D, being united, preferably, by cementing the layer to said insole.- I now proceed to double or fold the edge of the layer D around the edge of the insole, the doubled edge portion of the layer D extending over 'the-shouldered ed e a and the channeled portion a of sai insole. The. aforesaid doubled portion of the layer D is indicated at d, the same being folded and cemented to the insole so as to fit snugly to the shouldered and channeled faces of the insole. A"

insole, with the edges d d of the layer, being exposed. The. welt is now made ready, and

' the several parts are sewed, the stitches a passing through the folded ed e d of the layer D and also through the wel t, the upper 40 and the shouldered andchanneled edge portions of the iilsole as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

I next proceed to trim off the free projectin edges of the upper, in the usual way, an

- thereafter the free edge portion d of the layer D may be secured "in either of two ways. As shown by Figs. 1 and 2, the free edge d of said layer D may be folded over, and cemented or otherwise secured upon, the trimmed edge of the upper and the seam formed 'by the stitches a. A filling of suitable material, such as cork or the like, may now be applied .to the channeled surface of the insole, and thereafter the layer E may be applied to said insole, as shown by Fig.

i 5. This layer E is also-composed of waterproof or moisture proof-material, and it is cut to the required size or shape. The layer E fits over the filling material and the channeled surface of the insole, the edge portion of said layer E extending over the folded back edge portiond' of the layer D. Said layer E is secured in place by cementingit over the insole or. the filling, and upon the folded edge d of the layer D, or by otherwise uniting the layer E to the shoe while it the procedure for I any preferred way, and that the shoe may is incomplete. It should be observed that the insole has layers D E of moisture proof material applied to the respective faces thereof; that the layer D is folded to cover the seam a; that the layer E incloses the folded is secured directly to the smoother unchanneled surface of the insole.

In Fig. 6 I have shown another construction wherein the edge ortion. d of the waterproof layer D isfo dedover the channeled portion 0 of the insole instead of folding said edge cl uponthe upper and the, seam. As. shown by this figure (6) the ed e d is folded back over, and cemented to,'t e channeled face 0 of the insole after the latter is sewed to the upper and the welt. I may now ap ly the layer E (of wateigiroof material) directly to the channeled ace of the insole, the edge of the layer E being extended over the trimmed edge of the up er and the seam a. The filling material (guch as cork) 'may now beapplied to the layer E, and the. outersole attached to the shoe. It will be understood that the. welt and the outer sole should be. attached in the usual or be manipulated or treated-to finish and cornplete the same in accordance with the usual practice of the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent is 1. In an article of foot wear, a channeled insole, an upper, a layer of moisture'proof material, and a row of stitches uniting the upperand the insole, said layer of moisture proof material being stitched between the 11 edge portions of the insole and the upper an said layer being, also, folded to substantially .incase the stitches.

2. Inan article of foot wear, a channeled insole, an upper stitched thereto, and a layer of moisture-proof material united to said insole, a portion of'said moisture-proof material being positioned between the upper and the insole along the line of union of said parts, and another portion of said moistureproof material being folded upon the stitches by which the up er and the insole are united.

. 3. In an'artic e. of foot wear, a channeled insole, an upper,awelt, and a layer of moisture-proof material secured to said insole, a portion of said moisture-proof material embracing the edge of the insole and interposed between said insole and the upper along the seam which unites the upper, welt and insole, said moisture-proof material having an 1 proof material, one of said layers being op-- posite to, and in cooperative relation with,

layer being attached to the insole substan tially at the unchanneled face thereof, one of said layers being stitched between the edge portions of the upper and the insole and said layers being, also, folded subsequent to the stitching operation to substantially incase the stitches.

6. In an article'of foot wear, an insole provided on one face with a channel, an upper, a layer of moisture proof material in cotiperative relation to the channeled face of the insole, another layer of moisture proof material in substantially cooperative relation to an unchanneled face of said insole, and stitches uniting the upper, insole and one of said layers directly together, one of said layers having an edge portion thereof folded substantially around the stitches for incasing the resulting seam by which the upper and insole are united.

v 7. In an article of foot wear, an insole .having a channel on one face thereof, an up per, a welt, stitches uniting the edge portions of the insole, upper and welt, and a moisture proof layer stitched between the upper and the insole, said moisture proof layer being folded, subsequent to the stitching operation, around the edges of the upper and welt and substantially incasing the stitches by which the several parts are united.

8. In an article of footwear, a channeledinsole, an'upper, a welt stitched to said upper, and a layer of moistureproof material secured to the smooth face of .the insole and folded around the edge thereof, said'folded edge being, also, folded upon the row of stltclies which un te-the welt and said up- 'f' per, the seam between the several parts being inclosed-rby saidmoisture-prooflayer J 65- 9. In an article of foot wear, a channeled insole, a layer of moisture united to the uncjhanneled s'ur ace of said ins'ole,said layer being folded around the'edge I channeled'sur-.

of the insole, a: filling on the a channeled face of the insole, and the other said filling, and an upper, one of said layers of moisture proof material being unitedwith a feather of the insole to said upper.

10. In an article of foot wear, an insole having one of its surfaces channeled, an upper stitched to said insole, a layer of moisture proof material. covering the unchanneled surface and folded around the edge of said insole, said water proof material extending beyond the stitching which unites the insole and the upper, and said extended edge doubled upon itself so as to form a fold, and a weltpositioned within said fold and united to the insole, upper, and water proof material.

11. In an article of foot wear, an upper, an insole, and a layer of moisture proof material positioned between the upper and the insole, a portion of said layer being folded over the edge of the upper and inclosing the seam which unites the upper and the insole.

12. In an article of foot wear, an upper, an insole, and a layer of moisture proof material positioned between the upper and the insole, said layer being attached to the insole and having a part thereof folded over the edge of the upper, whereby the layer substantially incases the seam which unites the upper and the insole.

-13. In an article of foot wear, an upper, an insole, and a layer of moisture proof material positioned between the upper and the insole, a portion of said layer coverlng the edge of the insole and another portion of the layer being folded over the edge of the upper to substantially inclose a seam by which the upper is united to the insole.

1 14. In an article of foot wear, an upper, an insole, a welt, and a layer of moisture proof material having a part thereof positioned between the upper and the insole, another portion of said layer being folded to 1inclose the edges of the upper and the we t.

15. In an article of f t wear, an upper, an insole, and moisture proof material folded over the edge of the upper and-substantially incasing a seam by which the upper and insole are united. I

In testimony whereof have signed nameto this. specification, in the. presence of two subscribing witnesses. J I JOHN AKELLY. -Witnesse's:

' H. F. 'Bniz'mtonn,

V. E. NICHOLS. 

